by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Species List
Acorn Barnacles – Semibalanus balanoides BARNACLES OH MY BABY BARNACLES! If you dont know my greatest love is barnacles, they are staples of the rockyshore, overlooked maginficent tiny beasts! To find out more about why barnacles ARE SO AMAZING, then watch...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Species List
Blue Mussel – Mytilus edulis Blue mussels are a staple of the rockpooling world. Mussels are soft organsims that grow a strong shell and cling onto rocks with super strong threads. If you find mussels on a shore your likely to find starfish too becayse...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Snails, Species List
Black Footed Limpet – Patella depressa The Black Footed Limpet, called such because unlike the common limpet the soft snail-like organsims living in the shell is dark… I would show you but I haven’t had the heart to pull one of these guys off...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Species List, Worms
Spirobis spirobis This little worm forms a calcium carbonate, stone, stube to protect itself in. Other species such as Spirobranchus lamarcki does this too, but they can be told apart by the fact that these worms for a spiral in almost a perfect circle. They can...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 5, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Species List
Saddle Oyster – Heteranomia squamula For a long time I wasnt sure what these little clear circles were on the rockyshore, until I found one that was a bit more grown up and realised these were saddle oysters. They are smooth, almost clear delicate shells...
by MarineMumbles | Jul 4, 2020 | Shells Attached to Surfaces, Snails, Species List
Tortoise Shell Limpet – Testudinalia testudinalis As I am sure many people are, I am a big fan of tortoises! I am also a big fan of limpets, something I suppose is less common. So my oh my when I saw my first tortiose shelled limpet at Dunbar Beach in...
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